Decay (Hezekiah Moors)

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  • (Posted 2020-02-01)  CPDL #56857:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-02-01).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 54 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval notes. Four-part version; Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2020. Two more stanzas added, by Charles Wesley, 1762, Scripture Hymns Volume 2, Hymn 656, based on 1 Timothy 1:10.
  • (Posted 2020-02-01)  CPDL #56856:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-02-01).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 43 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Four-part version; Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2020. Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more stanzas added, by Charles Wesley, 1762, Scripture Hymns Volume 2, Hymn 656, based on 1 Timothy 1:10.

General Information

Title: Decay
First Line: In age and feebleness extreme
Composer: Hezekiah Moors
Lyricist: Charles Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1809 in The Province Harmony
Description: Words by Charles Wesley, dictated to his wife on his deathbed in 1788, one stanza, published in 1790.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at In age and feebleness extreme.
Original text and translations may be found at Ah, grant me, Lord, in death to find.